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Pakistan: An Analysis of the Participation of Religious Parties in Elections, 2018

Elections 2018 in Pakistan would no doubt be remembered for the victory of Imran Khan. They were essentially a contest between the ‘naya Pakistan’ and ‘tabdeeli’ narrative of Imran Khan, and the ‘vote ko izzat do’ and develo....

September 07, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Elections , Electoral gains of religious parties

इमरान खान के नेतृत्व में पाकिस्तान – भारत-पाक संबंधों की भावी दिशा

Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

जिसने भी पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान को 25 जुलाई, 2018 को उस समय बोलते सुना होगा, जब यह स्पष्�....

September 07, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , इमरान खान की सत्ता , भारत-पाकिस्तान रिश्ते

Indian Engagement with Afghanistan: An Economic Perspective

… Indian assistance in Afghanistan is focused on, ‘Afghan led, Afghan owned and controlled,’ projects … India’s Small Development Projects are spread all over the country … economic development is the basic foundation for peace in Afghani....

August 31, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan politics , Taliban insurgency , India-Afghan relations

Pakistan Economy: Challenges Ahead for the New Government

Prateek Joshi Commentary

Now that Imran Khan has assumed the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the most pressing challenge for him would be the management of Pakistan’s economy. These revolve around mounting debt (both domestic and external), growing Chinese loans ....

August 30, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s economy , Pakistan’s fiscal debts

Pakistan’s New Government: Are there reasons for Hope?

Sanjiv Khanna Article

The 2018 General Elections in Pakistan are over and the Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Party (PTI) emerged as the single largest Party in the National Assembly, and formed the Government. Most of the parties alleged rigging and refused to a....

August 29, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan Government , Imran and Islamists , Legitimacy of civilian leadership

Building Dams with Donations

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

So dire is Pakistan’s financial health that it has been reduced to mobilise money from individual donors to build infrastructure projects which will cost hundreds of thousands of crores of rupees. In his first speech after becoming the Prime Minist....

August 28, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan’s dam building , Pakistan’s financial crisis

Pakistan at the Helm authored by Tilak Devasher, HarperCollins Publisher, India

Accessible at https://www.dawn.com/news/....

August 27, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Book Reviews , Helm , Gen Ayub Khan

Maldives in Election Mode

Akash Sahu Commentary

The Republic of Maldives announced its elections date to be 23^rd of September, 2018. The pre-election period is being observed by nations and international organisation. Crisis erupted in the atoll nation in February this year, when the P....

August 21, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Maldives , Commentary , Maldives elections , Democratic opposition in Maldives

The First Nepal-India Think Tank Summit

Dr Sreeradha Datta Commentary

The large turnout at the first India Nepal Think tank Summit held in Kathmandu on 31 July 2018 was a reflection of the deep interest people of Nepal cherish about India. While the numbers did thin a bit towards the end but the constant interactions t....

August 14, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , Commentary , India-Nepal relations , Indo-Nepal think tanks

Nepal’s March Towards Constitutional Democracy

C D Sahay

… India-Nepal relations are a vast confluence of socio political and economic engagements …evolved from age-old ties and permeate our socio-cultural aspects …multi-faceted and multi-dimensional approach is required on both sides to study and an....

August 13, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Nepal , India-Nepal relations